TONY KASHANI
San Francisco, CA
E-mail: Tkashani@kaplan.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Humanities with concentration inTransformative Learning and ChangeCalifornia Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, 2007
M.A. in Cinema Studies
San Francisco State University, 2001
B.A. in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Art with concentration inRadio and Television
San Francisco State University, 1987
DISSERTATION
“Cinema for Transformation: Towards a Pedagogy of Social Change”
MASTER’S THESIS
“The Emergence of the New Iranian Cinema in the West”
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Humanities, Media Studies, Ethics, Global Cultural Studies, Pedagogy, Philosophy & Psychology of Art, East-West Philosophy/Psychology, Postcolonial Theory, Political Philosophy, Cosmopolitanism, Planetary Complexity, Film History, Electronic Media and Social Justice, Curriculum Design, Digital Communication Theory, Mass Communications, Qualitative Research Methods, Critical Pedagogy, Cyber Journalism, Digital Filmmaking
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty, PhD Program in Humanities and Culture, Union Institute and University:Visual Culture (PhD Seminar)(July 2010 – present) Adjunct Faculty, Humanities and Philosophy, Kaplan University:Bioethics (online), Ethics (online), Art and Humanities: Twentieth Century and Beyond (online) (December 2008 – present) Adjunct Faculty, Media Studies, Santa Rosa College:
Introduction to Mass Communications, Film History, Introduction to Film,
(August 2006 - present) Associate Professor (Adjunct), Language Arts Division, College of San Mateo:Introduction to Film, Film History, Screenwriting, American Culture/Cinema, Digital Experimental Filmmaking, Film Noir, World Cinema, Middle-Eastern Cinema(June 2001 – August 2010) Co-director of Modern Media Project at Hutchins School of Liberal Arts, Sonoma State University(Spring 2010 – present) External Dissertation Reader/Advisor, School of EducationFielding Graduate University (Fall 2008 – present) External Dissertation Reader/Advisor, School of Humanities & CultureThe Union Institute & University (Fall 2010 – present) Adjunct Faculty/Dissertation Reader/Advisor, Department of Transformative Studies (online program), California Institute of Integral Studies(Summer 2008 – present) Lecturer, Department of Cinema, San Francisco State University:
Introduction to Cinema Studies, Critical Studies
(Jan 2001- Aug 2001)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Lost in the Media: Ethics of Modern MediaCo-editor and Contributor, Forthcoming, 2011 Peter Lang Publishing Hollywood’s Exploited: Corporate Movies, Public Pedagogy and Cultural CrisisCo-editor and Contributor, Forthcoming, December 2010 Palgrave MacMillan Press http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodsexploited Cinema for Social Transformation: Politics and Logic of Planetary CinemaForthcoming, 2010 Edwin Mellen Press Deconstructing the Mystique: An Introduction to Cinema Kendall/Hunt Publishing (www.kendallhunt.com)2nd Edition, 2009 ISBN 978-0-7575-6023-11st Edition, 2005 ISBN 0-7575-1940-7
Essays & Articles
Dissident Cinema: Defying the Logic of Globalization. Essay in Global Studies Association 2007 Annual Book(2008. Changemaker Press).
Writing Textbooks in Humanities
Forthcoming, Journal of Humanities, Union Institute & University (Fall 2009)
300: Proto-fascism and Manufacturing of Complicitywww.dissidentvoice.org Published April, 2007Under review at Film Quarterly Complex Cinema: Becoming Dissident Cinemawww.dissidentvoice.org Published January, 2007 The Truman Show: Cinema of Active Imagination. A Jungian Analysis.CG Jung Center www.cgjungpage.org Published July, 2005Translated to French & published in Les Cahiers Jungiens de Psychanalyse, France, 2007ISBN 9782915781137 Hollywood an Agent of Hegemony: The War FilmAlternative Press Review (August 2004)Dissident Voice (www.dissidentvoice.org August 2004)Translated to Polish & published in Kultura popularna Journal, Poland, 2005Translated to Farsi & Published in Golestaneh Scholarly Journal, Iran, 2007 Faces of Islam: Debunking Orientalism, Why I am not a terrorist College Newspaper: College of San Mateo (April 2004) Digital Media:Two Emerging Philosophies Cinema Trade: Monthly Magazine in Tehran, Iran (April 2003 issue) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Guest Speaker, Modern Media Dialogue Series at Sonoma State UniversityNeoliberalism and the MediaFebruary 10, 2010 http://mediadialogueseries.org/studio.html Guest Speaker, Diversity in Action Group at College of San MateoPalestine/Israel: Conflict with Global ImplicationsFilm Screening (Occupation 101), analysis, and Dialogue (May, 2009) Guest Lecturer, Union University EdD ProgramMedia and Media Culturehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HJWkK3pKbk Lecturer, Radical Philosophy Association Eight Biennial Conference,San Francisco State University.Presentation: “Cinema For Transformation: Towards a Pedagogy of Social Change”(November, 2008) Lecturer, Women Studies Department, San Francisco State University.Lecture Series in Feminisim.Presentation: “Representation of Women in Hollywood: Backlash against Feminism since Reaganism” (October, 2008) Lecturer, Global Studies Annual Conference, UC Irvine.Contested Terrains of Globalization.Presentation: “Experimental Cinema of Complexity, The Internet and Their Global Implications” (May 2007) Lecturer, CCHA Pacific-Western Division, Annual Conference, Los Angeles.Paper Delivered, “Mississipi Masala: An Inquiry into Meaning of Home” (November 2006)
Lecturer, College of San Mateo, “The Year of Languages” Conference, Paper Delivered, “Cross-cultural Communications” (April 2005)
Lecturer, State University NY, Binghamton, NY, “Literature, Film and War” Paper Delivered, “Hollywood and Hegemony” (March 2004) Lecturer, College of San Mateo, “Faces of Islam” ConferencePaper Delivered, “Debunking Orientalism: I am not a Terrorist” (March 2004) Lecturer, CCHA Pacific-Western Division, Annual Conference, San Francisco. Paper Delivered, “Changing Focus: Teaching Film in the 21st Century” at “Rewriting the City” (November 2002) Lecturer, University of Dramatic Arts, Tehran, Iran:Paper Delivered, “American Media, Past, Present, Future” (August 2002) Lecturer, Department of Cinema, San Francisco State University:Paper Delivered, “The Unveiling of New Iranian Cinema” at “ID VIP, 2001” symposium Lecturer, House of Cinema Festival, Tehran, Iran:Paper Delivered, “Third World Cinema in the West” (July 2000) Lecturer, Department of Cinema, San Francisco State University:
Paper Delivered, “Post-modernism and the Digital Technology” at “Changing Frame” symposium 2000
RADIO INTERVIEWS
KPFA 94.1 FM, (public radio) Berkeley, California. January 29, 2007, Topic: Cinema & Ideology. Program: Against the Grain – http://www.againstthegrain.org/archive.htm
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Co-Director of Modern Media Dialogue Project at Hutchins School of Liberal Arts, Sonoma State University Scholar Member of Global Studies Association (North America) - www.globalstudiesassociation.org
Scholar Member of Radical Philosophy Association - www.radicalphilosophy.org
Scholar Member of Action Coalition for Media Education - www.acmecoalition.org
SCREENPLAYS WRITTEN
Shamlou the Planetary Poet, Work in Progress
An Imperial Message, 1999 (short based on Kafka’s story)Mercury Retrograde, 1998 (Feature Film Noir)
FILMS AND VIDEOS
Shamlou the Planetary Poet, Work in ProgressPersian Moments, 2003 FOREIGN LANGUAGES Farsi/Persian (fluent written and spoken)Turkish/Azerbaijani (fluent spoken)
REFERENCES
Provided upon request